Title & Author:

The meaning of the library : a cultural history / edited by Alice Crawford.

Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
©2015

Description:

xxix, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index.
Introduction / Alice Crawford -- Part 1. The Library through Time. 1. Adventures in ancient Greek and Roman libraries / Edith Hall ; 2. The image of the medieval library / Richard Gameson ; 3. The Renaissance library and the challenge of print / Andrew Pettegree ; 4. From printing shop to bookshelves : how books began the journey to Enlightenment libraries / Robert Darnton ; 5. "The advantages of literature" : the subscription library in Georgian Britain / David Allan ; 6. Literature and the library in the nineteenth century / John Sutherland -- Part 2. The Library in Imagination. 7. The library in fiction / Marina Warner ; 8. The library in poetry / Robert Crawford ; 9. The library in film : order and mystery / Laura Marcus -- Part 3. The Library Now and in the Future. 10. "Casting and gathering" : libraries, archives, and the modern writer / Stephen Enniss ; 11. Meanings of the library today / John P. Wilkin ; 12. The modern library and global democracy / James H. Billington.

Summary:

"Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural history of the library"--Dust jacket flap.

Resources:
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

9780691166391 (hardback book ; acid-free paper)
0691166390 (hardback book ; acid-free paper)
9780691175744 (paperback book ; acid-free paper)
0691175748 (paperback book ; acid-free paper)
9781400865741 (electronic bk.)
1400865743

Subject:

Libraries History.
Libraries.
Libraries and society.
Bibliothèques Histoire.
Bibliothèques.
Bibliothèques et société.
libraries (buildings)
06.31 history of library and documentation.
Kultur
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Maatschappij.
Bibliotekshistoria.
History.
Cultural studies.
Media studies.
Media, entertainment, information & communication industries.
Library & information sciences / Museology.
Library, archive & information management.
(lcsh)Libraries--History.
(lcsh)Libraries.
(lcsh)Libraries and society.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Crawford, Alice, 1958- editor.
Hall, Edith, 1959- author.
Gameson, Richard, author.
Pettegree, Andrew, author.
Darnton, Robert, author.
Allan, David, 1964- author.
Sutherland, John, 1938- author.
Warner, Marina, 1946- author.
Crawford, Robert, 1959- author.
Marcus, Laura, author.
Enniss, Stephen, author.
Price-Wilkin, W. John (William John), 1956- author.
Billington, James H., author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290118
Call No.: BIB 232908
Status: Available